Re: Open Source

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Salman <salman.haq@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Are there any open source drivers or control software to communicate
>with Z-Wave, Insteon, X-10 devices, etc?

Zensys (Z-Wave) charges a hefty fee for their SDK and requires an NDA so
it's unlikely you will find open source for it although there are a couple
of vendors who do document the protocols for their Z-Wave controllers (but
not for the Z-Wave protocol itself).

Insteon doesn't charge much for their SDK but they also have a very
restrictive license. The initial license prohibited any discussion of
hardware, software, protocol, performance, et al. The current license has
softened the restrictions but I'm not sure whether they will allow open
source.

You can find tons of open source code, drivers, etc. for X-10. You need to
be a little more specific about what you want to do and what hardware you
want to use. Then you will probably get numerous pointers to the information
you seek.

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